Debian bug report logs - #987, boring messages

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Subject: Bug#987: clear doesn't work with ncurses 1.9.2c
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Package: ncurses-runtime
Version: 1.9.2c

[kryten:/home/andrew] clear
'vt100': Unknown terminal type.
[kryten:/home/andrew] echo $TERM
vt100

This happened just after I installed the new ncurses packages. It
worked fine before that.

Andrew

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Andrew Howell				               andrew@it.com.au
Perth, Western Australia		      howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au

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Package: ncurses-runtime
Version: 1.9.2c

[kryten:/home/andrew] clear
'vt100': Unknown terminal type.
[kryten:/home/andrew] echo $TERM
vt100

This happened just after I installed the new ncurses packages. It
worked fine before that.

Andrew

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Dehydration - 34%, Recollection of previous evening - 2%, embarrassment
factor - 91%.  Advise repair schedule:- off line for 36 hours, re-boot
startup disk, and replace head - wow, what a night!
                -- Kryten in Red Dwarf `The Last Day'

Andrew Howell				               andrew@it.com.au
Perth, Western Australia		      howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au

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From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell)
Subject: Bug#987 acknowledged by developer (was: clear doesn't work with ncurses 1.9.2c)
References: <m0sLr9C-0000XRZ@chiark.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> <m0sLaE7-000AaeC@kryten.it.com.au>
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